New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-11-12
SKETWHES or TIE FOCE MEN
HANGED.
HOW SPIES BECAME AN ANARCHIST.
PAEsoxs's CHrCKEEEp CAREgR-THE TWO MINOR
CRIMINALS.

PAEsONs'S CHECKERED CAREHR-THE TWO MiNoH
CRIMINALS
Probably the most widely known OF all OF The
Anarchist. cornec,cd with the Haymarket tragedy
was Sprs Iii, full name August Vincent IheO-
dore spies He was born December To- l7o1' In
u.ssc nassau Germany His father he'll the position
n. for,ster Government Office from which he derived
a fair income His first carefully trained
bv private tutors, who prepared him ior inc ioy-
terbnic Academy near his home. There he TOOK
c.urse I'm forestry, his fathers profession desiring
10 to,Io,v in his fathers footsteps. lie was pre-
cccious Youth and much further advanced IN c'nca'
ton than tho majority OF boys Of his age. Al four
,cn he had read a mass of literature. including most
n, the German classics, and he was familiar Win
u ,rtIons of Rants and Hegcl'S philosophy. EVoh az
rLs early arc he complete scepllc ana MS "i
yapccd ideas aud thoughtful philosophical disposition
rave him the among his people ana %Ssoc'a'eS
II tho dreamer"
His ia her died when August was seventeen years
old Being thrown upon his own resources ne 'a"'o
20 this CITY, where wealthy relatives were then living
They advised him to learn trade ana nc lhh'rd'"'o
~ went work At upholsterng lie dIu no' s,as
In Ncw-York long and in 1872 went to Chicago "i'h
has since been his home except for short ulp7 aAc
tn various portions Of the United states
When he first went West he had comparatively ie"
soc,aIlstic ideas but on the contrary was strong
sunnorter Of Prince Bismarck. II was III 1870 tha'
hc fir, took ND tho study Of Socialism, and he rapidly
read all tho writers that subject thai NJ cou'u n"u
Two years later he wa~ one OF the most "Nahoe"
socialists In Chicago. aIo a prominent member vi INV
soclai,tlc Labor party Is zeal was SO intense ana
mis- writings OH that subject of such nature 'ha' ho
WAS asked to take the cd.torship of tho Arbcitcr
zcunp the SocaIlsiic organ Of Chicago. This he ala,
and WAS at its head when arrested for completely IN
tho Iaymarkct affair.
From advanced socialism 1t was Tut shor' sup
to Anarchy, and he soon believed firmly In inc uo
struction Of az forms Of government year or
two AGO he visited an 10 who was then IN The
ewclry business In Brooklyn. His handsome APP
pcarancc bold and defiant manner won for him Inc
admiration and finally love OF his unclos only dsng
ter then about eighteen years old IhoS oc's"o
engaged, and the fathers permission was aNk'l IT.
however, refused It, and plainly told August that nc
could never marry hl, daughter with hiS o"h-"n''
II was during tho trial that no first saw Nina van
Zandt. Impclcd by the same morbid curiosity hA
causes countless other women TO attend trials VI
criminals OF all sorts she tho trial, saw Spes'
thought shc was In bvo with him, and womb have
married him In the jail II the Shorih had not fcnseu
to allow tho ceremony TO be performed.
An ANARCHIST or THUk AMhIlcAN iIStN"f-
Albert r. Parsons was born In Montgomery. Ala.
and was thirty eight years old AT the time OF his Ar
rest. Ills career N extremely varied and eNc"lnH
ono His family were descendants Of Revolutionary
stock some Of HIS ancestors wcrc prominent III mo
War of Indcrendcnce A. officers OF the Continental
NM ~ - -, -, vaco Tc,,a somo
ica'"' .'''' ''' 49, No.. 49,, - 1T. o,,t Al
-,ert ran away aud Joined company Of Volunteers
After the expiration Of his term OF enlistment, one
- -, 80. ,r.,hor,. cavalry reeiment IN.
go, " 60, :, .,.,al "a II parsons WAS commonly
VI - n'i, .' ,.,,,- -, 49,. o,,Ior ~. vas I'm com
cAleu WIN DIN ~ "' '' -
mand Of tho entire cavalry OutIOsts On inc "c'' osH
, IA. Nts.ts.iurd River from Helena to Red Kiser
VI VIZ 80 M, ..,,,,,ct g., "a ,rn and
NJ the cI"-f 81 TIC wa ''4''' a..
went to school Tor a time. lie altcfNaIu '""r' Ut"
,,n,,r. ,,.,e aud I'm 81, started The AGO spec
F''N =, -. . ,.,.,tttc,r la unliftcs and v A.
ta'of" ir "'ai" -, ~, a. a.. ,r,ul. ~ lin,
bitterly opposed bS iic H'"J"iIts '" va. ~ 80,
town ana y" haI nidl, 49,, ,,,,cr . hccau,o
Kan ycai ai,. az q. h ,loi,Sion IrlrrraInr
IN 80 nv ~ , rc,r i,,cr vas clrctrd ono 80
~, n' .r,,,.s ~ ,~ TcXa. state senate Iollowiu>
w ~ "" NIT t,.,,uf, 4 ollccinr of fla.
,hh, ~ wa. "ii''.'.t r.''.,,'e - A.. tlu
'' IT, ,',,., r., ,,'tal,r work nm i-73 and want
-, ., t.,. ,,itt A.. ',lfo ,lo, he hol married